TITLE

Mental Health Primers

Helping teachers identify behaviors in the classroom that are symptomatic of mental health and other psychological issues

DESCRIPTION

This is truly an important resource whether you are a Psychology professor or a student in a Psychology course.  This site presents very important resources that focus on problematic behaviors in students in the classroom and understanding the nature of the problems and possible solutions. “Resources developed by the APA Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education to help teachers identify behaviors in the classroom that are symptomatic of mental health and other psychological issues such as sadness, stress, low self-esteem, inattention, and distractibility.”  This site can be  used with the chapters on child development, nature-nurture, positive and health psychology, school psychology, careers, and the therapy chapters as well.

You must look at the site and see the various topics that are provided for understanding the issues.

SOURCE

American Psychological Association

(Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education)

LINK TO RESOURCE

https://www.apa.org/ed/schools/primer

CLASS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

•Go to the site and click on a topic/issue that interests you.  If you were a Psychologist discussing the issue with a group of teachers, how would you characterize the problems in terms of symptoms, causes, and solutions?  

•Why was this topic/issue of interest to you?

•Which chapters of the textbook would be useful to coordinate with your discussion?